GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| unkempt | not combed |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| plane | airplane |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |